Written by

Candace Buckner
candace.buckner@indystar.com

With the return of forward Danny Granger to the Indiana Pacers' rotation, someone had to slide to the inactive list. Granger's old seat on the bench has belonged to rookie Solomon Hill, who has not dressed for the past four games.

Now, Hill will soon get to play again as the team announced his assignment to its NBA Development League affiliate, the Fort Wayne Mad Ants.

"I think he's got skills to be an elite defender so he's got to fine tune that," Pacers coach Frank Vogel said when describing how the D-League can help Hill. "Just getting up the more shots ? with the 3-point line, which is different ...